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#ifndef Pegasus_Union_h
#define Pegasus_Union_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMType.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMDateTime.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMReference.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/Array.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** This union is used to represent the values of properties, qualifiers,
    method return values, and method arguments. All of the types
    defined in CIMType.h are represented by a Union. The 
    Union is used as the the basis for the CIMValue implementation.
*/
union Union
{
    Uint8 _booleanValue;
    Uint8 _uint8Value;
    Sint8 _sint8Value;
    Uint16 _uint16Value;
    Sint16 _sint16Value;
    Uint32 _uint32Value;
    Sint32 _sint32Value;
    Uint64 _uint64Value;
    Sint64 _sint64Value;
    Real32 _real32Value;
    Real64 _real64Value;
    Uint16 _char16Value;
    String* _stringValue;
    CIMDateTime* _dateTimeValue;
    CIMReference* _referenceValue;

    ArrayRep<Boolean>* _booleanArray;
    ArrayRep<Uint8>* _uint8Array;
    ArrayRep<Sint8>* _sint8Array;
    ArrayRep<Uint16>* _uint16Array;
    ArrayRep<Sint16>* _sint16Array;
    ArrayRep<Uint32>* _uint32Array;
    ArrayRep<Sint32>* _sint32Array;
    ArrayRep<Uint64>* _uint64Array;
    ArrayRep<Sint64>* _sint64Array;
    ArrayRep<Real32>* _real32Array;
    ArrayRep<Real64>* _real64Array;
    ArrayRep<Char16>* _char16Array;
    ArrayRep<String>* _stringArray;
    ArrayRep<CIMDateTime>* _dateTimeArray;

    void* _voidPtr;
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_Union_h */